Portuguese activity, aimed at 8th grade students, aims to study the present tense, employed in the construction of a joke.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Labor therapy in the hospice. Painting class. The madman takes the brush and paints a door on the wall. Then he comes to the doctor and says:
– Look what I'm going to do, doctor!
And, turning to the other madmen, he shouts:
– HEY GUYS, LET'S RUN AWAY! THERE IS A DOOR HERE!!!
The crazy ones run out, bump into the wall and crash to the ground.
The madman tells the doctor:
– Doctor, look how stupid these guys are! They don't know the key is with me.
“Selection of jokes”, no. 7. São Paulo: Escala, 2000.
Question 1 - The purpose of the text read is:
Question 2 - In all alternatives, underlined expressions were used in the present tense, except in:
a) “Then, he arrives to the doctor and say […]"
b) “– Look what I I am going to do, doctor!”
c) "The crazy ones run away […]”
d) "The madman speaks to the doctor […]"
Question 3 – Highlight the verbs in the present tense that make up the following sentences:
a) "The madman takes the brush and paints a door on the wall."
b) "THERE IS A DOOR HERE!!!"
c) “[…] they bump into the wall and crash on the floor.”
d) "They don't know the key is with me."
Question 4 – Mark the passage where the highlighted verb in the present tense is a link:
a) “Then, he comes to the doctor and it says […]”
b) “And, turning to the other madmen, scream […]”
c) "The madman speaks to the doctor […]"
d) “– Doctor, look how these guys are stupid!”
Question 5 - Note that there is a predominance in the text of the present tense. What is the meaning effect obtained by choosing this tense?
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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